Spragg - Emma Shoaf
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, 25-Oct-1960, p12
Emma E. Spragg Dies As Result Of Fall At Home- WALLACE- Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Spragg, 85, died at 4 a.m. CST Tuesday at her home near here. She had fallen Aug. 24 and fractured her hip. She was confined in Culver Hospital until two weeks ago, when she was taken home. Death resulted from complications in the injury. Mrs. Spragg was born Feb. 5, 1875, near Wallace, to Henry and Pharana Schuller Shoaf. She was educated in Freedom and Grays schools. She married Everett Spragg Nov. 29, 1893, near Wallace. He died Aug. 3, 1957. She was a member of the Wallace Lutheran Church and lived her entire life in the vicinity of Wallace. Survivors include three sons, Oral and Clifford Spragg of Kingman and Paul Spragg, Rt. 3, Crawfordsville; three daughters, Mrs. Estle Stockdale, Rt. 1, Veedersburg, Mrs. Omma Carter, Kingman, and Mrs. Pharana Butler of Crawfordsville; a granddaughter, who was reared in the Spragg home, Mrs. Verna Garrett of Newtown; five additional grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the family home near Wallace. Services will be at the Wallace Lutheran Church Thursday, Oct. 27, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Richard Graef will officiate. The body will lie in state at the church for the hour preceding the services. Burial will be in the cemetery adjoining the church.
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